"stalker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stalker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stalkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stalkere}} Middle English stalkere, {{af|en|stalk|-er|id2=agent noun}} stalk + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} stalker (plural stalkers)
  1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-stalker-en-noun-pWbUcRSm Disambiguation of People: 38 24 15 1 22
  2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions. Synonyms (person who secretly follows someone): prowler Translations (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions): مُطَارِد (muṭārid) [masculine] (Arabic), 潛行者 (Chinese Mandarin), 潜行者 (qiánxíngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 跟蹤狂 (Chinese Mandarin), 跟踪狂 (gēnzōngkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), stalker [masculine] (Dutch), ahdistelija (Finnish), rôdeur [masculine] (French), rôdeuse [feminine] (French), Stalker [masculine] (German), Stalkerin [feminine] (German), Nachsteller [masculine] (German), Nachstellerin [feminine] (German), Verfolger [masculine] (German), Verfolgerin [feminine] (German), κυνηγός (kynigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), מטריד כפייתי [masculine] (Hebrew), stalker (Italian), molestatore [masculine] (Italian), molestatrice [feminine] (Italian), vessatore [masculine] (Italian), vessatrice [feminine] (Italian), ストーカー (sutōkā) (Japanese), 스토커 (seutokeo) (Korean), прого́нувач (progónuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), прого́нител (progónitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), де́мнач (démnač) [masculine] (Macedonian), stalker (Norwegian), prześladowca [masculine] (Polish), prześladowczyni [feminine] (Polish), stalker [masculine] (Polish), stalkerka [feminine] (Polish), perseguidor [masculine] (Portuguese), perseguidora [feminine] (Portuguese), пресле́дователь (preslédovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пресле́довательница (preslédovatelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), ста́лкер (stálker) [masculine] (Russian), сто́кер (stóker) [masculine] (Russian), prenasledovateľ [masculine] (Slovak), acosador [masculine] (Spanish), acosadora [feminine] (Spanish), takipçi (Turkish), önücü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stalker-en-noun-Y1QtDc5V Disambiguation of 'person who secretly follows someone': 30 53 3 5 9 Disambiguation of 'person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions': 16 75 2 3 5
  3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
    Sense id: en-stalker-en-noun-ZnRqz4Py
  4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
    Sense id: en-stalker-en-noun-FiKbVZOF
  5. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-stalker-en-noun-OEbp9A6U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 10 22 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 16 9 15 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 23 10 21 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (person who stalks game): tracker Derived forms: deer stalker Translations (person who stalks game): stopař [masculine] (Czech), stopařka [feminine] (Czech), vaanija (Finnish), traqueur [masculine] (French), traqueuse [feminine] (French), Pirschjäger [masculine] (German), Pirschjägerin [feminine] (German), κυνηγός (kynigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), stalcaire [masculine] (Irish), cacciatore [masculine] (Italian), cacciatrice [feminine] (Italian), ло́вец (lóvec) [masculine] (Macedonian), ло́вџија (lóvdžija) [masculine] (Macedonian), obserwator [literally, masculine] (Polish), obserwatorka [feminine, literally] (Polish), perseguidor [masculine] (Portuguese), perseguidora [feminine] (Portuguese), ло́вчий (lóvčij) [masculine] (Russian), следопы́т (sledopýt) [masculine] (Russian), охо́тник (oxótnik) [masculine] (Russian), acechador [masculine] (Spanish), acechadora [feminine] (Spanish), эзәрләүче (ezärläwçe) (Tatar)
Disambiguation of 'person who stalks game': 45 46 4 3 2 Disambiguation of 'person who stalks game': 45 46 4 3 2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
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          "word": "perseguidor"
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          "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
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          "word": "acosador"
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          "word": "takipçi"
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          "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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      "word": "stalcaire"
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacciatore"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacciatrice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
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      "roman": "lóvec",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вец"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
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      "roman": "lóvdžija",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вџија"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obserwator"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "obserwatorka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóvčij",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вчий"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sledopýt",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "следопы́т"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxótnik",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "охо́тник"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acechador"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acechadora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 46 4 3 2",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ezärläwçe",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "word": "эзәрләүче"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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        "A kind of fishing net."
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          "fishing net"
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      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "word": "tracker"
    },
    {
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone",
      "word": "prowler"
    }
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stopař"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stopařka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "word": "vaanija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traqueur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traqueuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pirschjäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pirschjägerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kynigós",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κυνηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stalcaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacciatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacciatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lóvec",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lóvdžija",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вџија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obserwator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "obserwatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóvčij",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́вчий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sledopýt",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "следопы́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxótnik",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "охо́тник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acechador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acechadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ezärläwçe",
      "sense": "person who stalks game",
      "word": "эзәрләүче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muṭārid",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُطَارِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "潛行者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánxíngzhě",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "潜行者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "跟蹤狂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēnzōngkuáng",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "跟踪狂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stalker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "ahdistelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rôdeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rôdeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stalker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stalkerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachsteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachstellerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfolger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfolgerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kynigós",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κυνηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מטריד כפייתי"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "stalker"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "molestatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molestatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vessatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vessatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sutōkā",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "ストーカー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutokeo",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "스토커"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "progónuvač",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прого́нувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "progónitel",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прого́нител"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "démnač",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́мнач"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "stalker"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prześladowca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prześladowczyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stalker"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stalkerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perseguidora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preslédovatelʹ",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пресле́дователь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preslédovatelʹnica",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пресле́довательница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stálker",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́лкер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stóker",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сто́кер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prenasledovateľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acosador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acosadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "takipçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions",
      "word": "önücü"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stalker"
}

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